Rise of the Whirling Tides
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Author Note: The Internet is finally back up and running make it much easier to work on chapters, looking up and researching characters and researching for other things. I have finally got back into my routine after being ill for the last few months. I apologise for the delay. Also to those who got an update but no chapter, that was me deleting the update about my health and internet status
Deciding to release this first War Chapter with Christmas tomorrow. I have been working on the Second War Chapter, but it wouldn't have had time to finish it tonight, proofread it and this chapter, so I put finishing it off until Thursday (with Family tomorrow and Dialysis the day after, it is Monday for me). The chapter draft will be finished Thursday but depending on how late proofreading may have to wait until Saturday. So Chapter will either be released Thursday or Saturday night depending on how quickly I finish the draft and if I have time left.
Author Note 2: This is related to the story. There is a key where parts will have a number e.g. this (1) which is pointed at down the bottom to help clear things. And as always the link to discord channel ( h , t , t , p , s, : / / discord . gg / mX728eD ) just remove all the commas and spacing.
Edited: 25/12/2018: Adjusting distant measurements.
Summary Chapter 36: Charlotte Linlin's fleet departed from Totto Land making their way towards Uzu no Kuni. Whitebeard appeared offering his assistance in the upcoming war, assuring this his sons would ensure Uzushiogakure's protection allowing Naruto to focus all his attention on the war. The day was interrupted from the arrival of five of Linlin's children four sons one daughter. Charlotte Mascarpone relayed his mother's orders for Uzushio to surrender, had over Hagoromo and comply with her demands or Uzushio would be made an example. In return, Naruto ordered the deaths of Linlin's four sons and had the daughter return to Linlin with a message. Uzushio would not be pushed around and would kill all of Charlotte's children without hesitation.
A month passed, and Charlotte Linlin's fleet arrived, fifty ships belonging to the Big Mom Pirates and twenty ships belonging to the Germa Kingdom. Judge and his Germa 66 allied with Big Mom bringing with them six thousand soldiers, adding to Big Mom's twelve thousand, a total army of eighteen thousand soldiers. The war had begun.
Chapter 37: Big Mom Alliance VS Uzushiogakure: Martial Legion March!
Ten kilometres out from Uzu no Kuni's east shore, a large fleet of Marine Ships floated atop the ocean's surface. A total of thirty large ships were sailing in fleet formation with twenty of them centred around ten ships. These ten were massive, with giant triple barrelled cannons at the front and sides; Buster Call Ships. The other twenty ships were only used as a protection detail. The fleet of ships held point at a distance from Uzu no Kuni in an attempt not to be seen. The entire way the ships had avoided Big Mom's fleet so as not to give away their position.
The reason behind the summoning of a Buster Call was the war between Big Mom and Uzushio. The World Government viewed both forces as a threat and planned to take advantage of the conflict. In the marines' eyes, after Linlin wiped out Uzushiogakure's forces, the Village would stand no chance; once the right opportunity was created the Buster Call would be unleashed. Secretly, the Government hoped Naruto and his people would deal enough damage to Big Mom's forces that the Buster Call could finish the rest off. The Government believed Uzushio didn't have any hope of winning, even if the Uzukage was the junior student of Otsutsuki Hagoromo. After all, what were the chances of them both being equally strong?
For this particular Buster Call, it wasn't just five Vice Admiral's that had been sent out to oversee it. The World Government had ordered its three Admiral's to take command of the call, sending Sakazuki aka Akainu (Red Dog), Borsalino aka Kizaru (Yellow Monkey) and Kuzana aka Aokiji (Blue Pheasant), with Sakazuki being put in charge of the operation. The magma user was stationed on one of the two middle Buster Call Ship's, watching as the Big Mom Army advanced, a spyglass raised to his fake eye.
"The Germa Kingdom has allied with Big Mom. Uzushio doesn't stand a chance. Once Big Mom has been weakened, Justice shall be served!" Sakazuki grinned sadistically as he lowered the spyglass, the yellow mechanical eye of his turned as parts moved. A hand subconsciously raised to touch the fake eye, before moving to his right arm where metal met flesh. The Admiral was still sour over the loss of his arm and eye at the hands of Otsutsuki Hagoromo. Sakazuki was hoping Linlin burned Uzushio to the ground, destroying not only the village but all of its people, just to make Hagoromo suffer. After all, if Hagoromo cared enough to offer his protection, it surely must mean something to him. Once Linlin was weakened from the battle the marines would swoop in and clean up the mess, killing two birds with one stone.
One of the marines, a new Vice Admiral who had been drafted lowered his spyglass. The man was tall and could only be described as ugly as sin, with a face not even a mother could love. The Vice Admiral wore a lime green striped suit with an acid green coloured marine cloak, matching lime green hair and narrow eyes containing a pair of yellow pupils.
"Do you think Hagoromo will show Akainu-san?" asked the man in a gruff sounding voice.
"I hope so; then we can wipe him out too! No one can stand before Absolute Justice. Not even a God!". Sakazuki seemed delusional, especially seeing as how he had been thrashed by Hagoromo. The Admiral believed that with the power of the Buster Call, not even Hagoromo could survive and he intended to use it on the man if he showed up. Hagoromo had left deep scars on Sakazuki's psyche, turning the admiral into a deranged man who would stop at nothing to bring Absolute Justice to the Natural Disaster.
The Vice Admiral didn't bother with Skazuki's delusions of Absolute Justice and returned to watching the marching army, peeping through the spyglass.
"Why hasn't Uzushio mobilised its army? The Uzukage was said to have a force of a few thousand men and women, and after the last few years, it surely would have grown. I don't see them or any of the Shinobi." The Vice Admiral raised a curious eyebrow as he looked to the hill, spotting the Uzukage standing on it, right beside Whitebeard.
"EH! Whitebeard!" The spyglass fell from the hands, where it hit the deck of the ship and shattered. The sudden motion drew everyone's attention, and Sakazuki quickly raised his spyglass, mechanical eye zooming in through it, searching for the Yonko. Ten kilometres away on top of a hill next to the Uzukage was the Yonko and Captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, Edward Newgate.
"What is he doing here? Bring the Den Den Mushi!" Sakazuki barked out, as a marine ran over carrying a Den Den Mushi by a strap over his shoulders. Grabbing the receiver, Sakazuki contacted the other Admirals immediately.
"Attention to all forces, Edward Newgate 'Whitebeard' has been spotted on Uzu, no Kuni accompanying the Shodai Uzukage, Uzumaki Naruto. With him are three of his Commander's, Fushichō Maruko (Marco the Phoenix), Daiyamondo Jozu (Diamond Jozu) and Kaken no Bisuta (Flower Sword Vista)."
"Arara (Oh My), what is Newgate doing here? Perhaps we should return to Marineford?" A voice from the Den Den Mushi replied. The owner of the voice, Kuzan, was usually a laid back kind of guy, but even he was slightly worried. The World Government hadn't factored in the Yonko's appearance.
"Nothing can stop justice! A Buster Call has been made and will never retreat! We will see this out to the end and eliminate not only Charlotte Linlin but also Whitebeard, two Yonko for the price of one!" Sakazuki began to laugh psychotically at the end, thinking they could destroy the two Yonko. The Admiral wanted to watch as the two Yonko duked it out and killed one another. In his mind, once the Yonko were out of the way the rest would roll over and die without much of a fight. The Admiral had indeed lost all reason.
"Admiral there's movement!" A marine cried out from a crow's nest, looking through a spyglass and pointing to the island. Sakazuki raised his spyglass again and turned to the hill, watching as one of the strange markings on the ground lit up, the one in the middle. The markings lit up when the army was only five kilometres away, and by that time Big Mom's main ship had sailed towards the shore and docked at it as the empty transport ships backed away.
A white glow that could be seen from sea shot up into the air from the seal. The white light radiated brightly, blinding many who had been staring directly into it, while others shielded their eyes.
"What's happening?" Many of the marines cried out stumbling over themselves.
"Arara (Oh My), how surprising." Kuzan's voice came through the Den Den Mushi, Sakazuki's, human eye widened slightly at the sight. Space seemed to twist in on itself above the array forming a large black tear in space above the markings. The crack in space expanded as a loud bugle horn blew out. The horn was so loud that it echoed ten kilometres out to sea.
"Impossible!" What happened next would shock everyone present.
Aboard the Queen Mama Chanter
One kilometre out to sea was a giant ship, the Queen Mama Chanter. The ship's figurehead appeared to be singing about how it was a ship. It was over five hundred metres high and one of the largest ships on the grandline. The strange ship was slowly sailing towards the east shore of Uzu no Kuni, with the intention to dock. Seated on a giant chair that seemed to be just barely holding her massive frame, was Charlotte Linlin, or, as she was also known, Big Mom, a Yonko and Captain of the Big Mom Pirates. The woman's beady eyes gazed upon Uzu no Kuni with disdain as a giant meaty hand came down, grabbed a handful of the sweets that surrounded her, and shovelled them into her mouth. Pieces of frosty and icing fell around the woman as she gobbled the foods down with gluttony. The woman laughed loudly, saliva flying out from her mouth.
"Mamamama, Otsutsuki Hagoromo, thinks he can avoid me! I will show him the foolishness behind his actions! I will burn Uzushiogakure to the ground and leave no one alive. See if he won't appear before me then after I've taken everything he wanted to protect away." The woman grinned viciously; she was not one to be crossed as she had a vengeful nature. In front of her were three of her children, the strongest, the Three Sweet Commanders.
Katakuri was in the middle, to his left Smoothie and on this right was Charlotte Cracker. Cracker was a very tall and muscular man, with light and mostly short purple hair, but had a long, baguette-like bun tied at the back of his head and a pair of thin pointed strands on either side that appear to spark like firecrackers. The man had a scar over his right eye, with small wrinkles under both eyes. He was shirtless, wearing only a kilt adorned with decorative biscuits as well as shin length brown boots. On his right shoulder, he wore a large brightly coloured pauldron that had a pink polka dot cape attached to it.
"Just wait mama. Soon Uzushio will be burnt to the ground!" Cracker spoke up from his spot beside his siblings, giving a sinister laugh at the end. Usually, Cracker would wear his biscuit puppet but had opted to instead make an appearance without it. Like most of Linlin's children, Cracker was incredibly loyal to his mother.
"It would be best not to underestimate them, Cracker," Katakuri spoke up from beside his brother, giving the purple haired youth a stern glare.
"What's to underestimate, they're as good as dead." Cracker shrugged his shoulders as if he didn't care about the strength of Uzushio. In the pirate's eyes, the moment they decided to go against his mother, they had already signed their deaths. It didn't help Cracker was arrogant by nature and tended to look down on all his opponents.
"Yes, yes, kill all you want as long as you live up to your part of the agreement." An arrogant, prideful and haughty voice spoke up, drawing the attention of the three Sweet Commanders to the left side of their mother's chair. Standing beside the chair was a large man with long golden hair which reached his waist wearing a golden helmet. He had a long and thin black moustache which spikes upwards, a thin and small beard, and a prominent cleft chin. Carried in the man's left hand was a long spear.
"Don't you worry Judge; you'll get all the bodies you want." Linlin snorted in annoyance at the man's attitude as she picked up a large chocolate cake with thick icing and took a bite from it.
"Remember, I want them alive, and they have to be Shinobi. The others are useless to me." Judge snapped back at Linlin with his usual arrogant tone. The man would normally be polite and respectful to the woman, even if it were an act for the alliance, but with the shinobi in full view, the man was focused only on his greed. Judge wanted to capture the Shinobi and clone them, as the Shinobi of Uzushio were powerful with unique abilities. If the Germa Kingdom could acquire an army of cloned Shinobi, then their dream of conquering the North Blue would become a reality.
"Just remember, once the Queen Mama Chanter has docked, you and your children are to move to the front lines." Linlin waved a hand nonchalantly at the King and his attitude. If she wasn't so focused on wanting to destroy Uzushio, she would have crushed the fool for his insolence. Linlin usually had no patience for those who acted in such a manner to her, but the woman was in a good mood. Why? Because soon Uzushio would be destroyed and the island with it. Big Mom hadn't even thought that Uzushiogakure would be able to survive her assault, or even resist when her army marched to its walls. In Linlin's eyes, the only option was total destruction of the Village of Eddies.
"What will we do about Whitebeard, Mama?" .The one who asked the question was Smoothie, who had yet to speak. The woman towered over the other two sweet commanders. Currently, there were only three Sweet Commanders, but a third brother would soon be joining the ranks.
"If that old goat interferes I'll kill him myself! The old fool has weakened with age and has fallen ill; he is nowhere near as strong as he used to be." Charlotte Linlin boasted full of confidence that she could defeat Newgate. It was common knowledge amongst the Yonko that Whitebeard was suffering from medical problems brought on by his ageing body and that he wasn't as strong as he used to be. What Linlin didn't know, was that these issues had long since been solved and that Whitebeard had been intentionally misleading everyone into thinking he was still suffering from them.
The group remained in relative silence, with only the sound of the ship singing as it sailed towards Uzushiogakure. The ship was large, but surprisingly fast, and was able to cross the one kilometre distance to shore in almost no time at all. On arrival, the singing ship came to a halt, an anchor dropping into the waters below. Linlin grinned as the ship arrived; the other troop ships had departed back out to sea making room, "It's your turn Judge." The woman turned to look down at Judge with a sadistic grin, seeming to say she secretly hoped he would die in the upcoming battle.
Judge sneered at the woman but didn't say anything to her, choosing to turn to the four behind him, his children. His only daughter Reiji had pink hair and was wearing pink clothing to match. Behind her were his three sons Ichiji with red hair and clothing, Niji who had blue hair and clothing, lastly was Yonji with green hair and clothing.
"Let's go. Remember to capture the Shinobi alive! I'll be deeply displeased if you let them slip through your fingers!" Judge spoke in a harsh tone to his four children, while he did care for them, his greed for power preceded his love. The five members of the Vinsmoke family moved, turning into five coloured blurs, gold, pink, red, blue and green as they departed from the ship and ran towards the enemy to assist.
"Purupurupurupurepure." After the five left a ringing sound could be heard as a pawn soldier came running over, carrying a Den Den Mushi attached to a strap over his shoulders.
"Katakuri-sama, Amande-sama is on the line for you!" The soldier said as he handed the receiver over the large man.
Katakuri snatched the receiver from the soldier and raised it to where his mouth would be, "What is it?" Asked the Pirate, he was in a somewhat sour mood, the reason? His mother's careless attitude about Whitebeard's presence on Uzu no Kuni. Katakuri felt they shouldn't underestimate the Yonko, after all, he did use to hold the title of Strongest Man Alive, before Otsutsuki Hagoromo showed up on the scene. Newgate was not to be underestimated under any circumstance or the Uzukage. No one knew how strong Uzumaki Naruto was and Katakuri didn't plan to underestimate the Leader of Uzushiogakure.
"Our forces have moved five kilometres into enemy territory, but there has been no sign of movement yet." The Den Den mushi spoke, smoke blowing out from its lips as if to mimic the person on the other end.
"Keep a watchful eye, don't underestimate the Shinobi of Uzushio," Katakuri responded to his younger sister giving the command to be vigilant.
"Will do Onii-sama." The voice said again but before she could hang up someone on the line shouted out
"What the hell is that?" A voice shouted out over the Den Den Mushi having come from beside Amande.
Uzu no Kuni
The army of eighteen thousand troops marched across the sandy beach, feet entering onto hardened earth, encroaching five kilometres towards Uzushio. The soldiers showed no fear as they headed towards their destination, Uzushiogakure no Sato. The village loomed as a speck in the distance. It would be a long march to the village taking hundreds of kilometres. Uzu no Kuni was no small island as it had a land mass of close to three thousand kilometres. The size did not sway the army as it marched towards Uzushiogakure. The enemy had yet to show any sign of attack.
At the back of the army were the executives of the Big Mom Pirates, each one of them was one of Charlotte Linlin's direct children. Of the eleven executives one stood at the forefront with ten behind them, the head was an extremely pale, slim and tall woman with an abnormally long neck, long, light blue hair curled at the ends, large lips, sullen light green eyes and a small flat nose. The woman wore a wide brim hat, three times her size, a pair of hooped earrings, light blue dress with vertical stripes and a red sash, carrying an extremely long nodachi.
"Our forces have moved five kilometres into enemy territory, but there has been no sign of movement yet." The woman, Amande as she was called, spoke into the receiver of a Den Den Mushi, blowing out a cloud of smoke from the cigarette between her large lips. The Den Den Mushi was being carried by a pawn soldier scout on her right.
"Keep a watchful eye; don't underestimate the Shinobi of Uzushio." The powerful voice of Katakuri answered back from the transponder giving the orders to remain vigilant.
"Will do Onii-sama." Respectfully responded the swordswoman and went to hang up the receiver only for someone to shout in surprise from beside her.
"What the hell is that?" A large man with tan skin, wearing blue armour who had a small head, and short hands shouted from behind Amande, pointing an armoured hand in the direction of the enemy hill. The man was Charlotte Saint-marc one of Armande's many brothers.
From beneath the enemy hill, the middle array suddenly lit up glowing white. A bright glow began to radiate from the seal reaching high into the sky touching the clouds. The army was some distance away, but it was a straight path to the seals without anything to impede their vision. Space seemed to spin in on itself creating a swirling void over the seal. The air was ripped apart; creating a black tear in space that covered the width of the array, from the tear a loud bugle horn was heard, the horn was so loud it shook the earth.
"Halt!" Charlotte Amande grabbed the receiver of another Den Den Mushi, carried by a pawn soldier scout beside her on the left. The Den Den Mushi acted like a loudspeaker, the woman's shout echoed out reaching the ears of every one of the eighteen thousand strong armies. The entire moving army came to a screeching halt four kilometres from the arrays, stunned by the abnormally loud bugle. The sound had been so strong it had shaken the six thousand troops from the Germa Kingdom to their cores.
From the tear in space, a single figure stepped out, Yamada Kenshiro, the Commander of the First Legion. The swordsman stepped out of the crack, walking across the ground, stepping twenty-five metres from the crack. The enemy army watched on with a strange fascination, wondering what was happening, remaining stationary as they had yet to be given the command to continue forward.
Kenshiro came to a halt and surveyed the army from a distance, placing a hand on his nodachi and began to unsheathe it, raising it high into the air, "First Division of the Fourth Legion, charge!" The commander lowered the blade and pointed the tip towards the enemy troops. The ground began to shake, as the bugle horn sounded once more. As the horn came to an end, a loud rumbling followed out from the tear, as the loud battle cry came. Hundreds of black blurs spewed forth from the large rupture in space, charging out and around Kenshiro towards the enemy army, moving swiftly. The ground shook beneath them, as rays of light shined over illuminating their form.
A total of six hundred black blurs were revealed as a unit of cavalry, but this was no ordinary cavalry. Each soldier was covered in thick black armour that appeared to weigh hundreds of kilograms, wielding a giant modified lance over five metres long. The lance was strangely shaped, curved like a drill. The soldiers rode atop horses, but none the enemy had ever seen. The horses each stood three metres in height, with a muscular frame to match. Each beast wore heavy black armour, matching their riders, with glowing red eyes. With every hoof that struck the ground, the earth would crack under their strength. The horses had been mutated and bred through the use of chakra, making them stronger, faster and larger, all to support the weight of their riders and armour.
"Fire!" Amande's voice carried over the entire army, knocking them out of their stupor over the fact only six hundred men had been sent to them, cavalry units on horseback no less.
The lines of the Germa Kingdom soldiers began to raise their rifles, unlike flintlocks they didn't need to be reloaded after a single use. The weapons of the Germa Soldiers were sophisticated and advanced compared to the rest of the world. Each rifle stored five rounds, allowing for five shots to be made before reloading was required. As the soldier's raised their weapons, a swirl of fire appeared next to Kenshiro, Yamato had appeared. Yamato slammed his hands together in a ram seal and released a pulse of chakra over the entire battlefield.
As the chakra washed over the troops, from the ground two hundred metres in front of them, sheets matching the colour of the earth were pulled away revealing thirty-something shinobi, amongst the group was Vladimir, the student of, Son Goku. The Shinobi moved quickly, getting to their feet and made the motion creating a chain of hand seals. Tendrils of crimson red chakra erupted out from Vladimir's body who stood in the middle and connected to each of the shinobi, covering them in a bubbling red cloak with a single tail. The student of Son Goku had been supplied with a large portion of his teacher's chakra and shown how to transfer it to his comrades, allowing them to use the Bijuu's chakra instead of their own.
Each of the shinobi completed the seals and slammed both hands onto the ground, "Doton: Doryuuheki (Earth Release: Earth Style Wall)!"(1)The earth began to shake between the second and third rows of the enemy forces, making the soldiers stumble around. The ground began to rise in the shape of dense walls that shot up into the sky spanning one kilometre in length, dividing the first two row of one thousand soldiers, two thousand total, from the other sixteen thousand cutting them off. The walls grew two hundred metres in height size blocking off the enemy's view of their allies, all thanks to the assistance of Son Goku's chakra.
The enemy legions began attacking the wall attempting to break it down. The two thousand soldiers cut off from their allies, turned their attention to the enemy troops bringing their rifles into position, only to have their view blocked. The second wall of earth shot up, growing upwards in front of the thirty plus shinobi, blocking them off from the rifleman. The Shinobi ran up the wall, arriving at the top hands moving quickly through a series of hand seals.
"Doton: Yomi Numa (Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld)!"(2)Using the chakra supplied to them from Son Goku, the earth release Shinobi utilised a combined high-level technique. Most of them were only at the rank of Chunin or Genin and didn't possess the chakra reserves to use the technique on a large scale, but supplied by Son's chakra granted them the ability to do so.
The ground beneath the enemy soldiers changed into mud, transforming into a vast swamp. The swamp stretched the entire length of the two thousand soldiers. The chakra infused into the mud made in incredibly sticky, trapping the soldiers within its grip preventing escape. Those trapped in the swamp screamed as they began to sink into its depths, each trying desperately to escape, but failed. The soldiers not wanting to die without taking an enemy raised their rifles towards the Shinobi and attempted to fire. The bullets hit the boiling red chakra around their bodies and bounced off as if they were rubber. Son's chakra shroud shared from Vladimir acted as a protective coating.
The first wall began to crack under the pressure of the enemy legions, but by the time they managed to break through, it was too late. The first two battalions had sunk deep into the swamp; never to be seen from again as they drowned in the mud. The Shinobi watched with a neutral expression as the weird three-metre tall soldiers in biscuit armour tore down the earth wall they had created. The wall hadn't been designed to stop them in their tracks only to slow them down.
As the biscuit warriors broke down the barrier, the remaining four thousand Germa soldiers retreated allowing two lines of the biscuit soldiers to take the front lines. The Shinobi waved to them before each vanished in a flash of white, the cloak given to them by Vladimir dispersing as the chakra was used up. As the shinobi began to depart from the battlefield, the swamp they had created hardened over turning back into rock-hard earth. The second wall that had been created crumbled away, breaking down without any chakra to sustain it. The legion of Shinobi appeared in multiple white flashes on the hill, behind Naruto and the others. Hiraishin seals had been used to bring them back out of the line of fire.
From behind the second wall the enemy legions were in for a surprise. The six hundred cavalry unit had covered the distance and were charging through the rubble towards the biscuit soldiers. The lances they carried were steadied before they began to spin up like drills turning into spiralling black twisters.
"FIRE!" Amande shouted from behind her troops.
One thousand of the Germa 66 soldiers raised their rifles and aimed at the heavily armoured knights with the intent to put them down. Without hesitation the line of one thousand fired one after the other attempting to bring the enemy to a halt, shooting through the gaps of the two lines in front of them. The bullets shot towards the black armoured warriors and the sound of metal hitting metal echoed from their armour. Small dents formed in the armour, but didn't pierce through; it was as if they had been hit by tiny pellets. The armour the cavalry units wore was incredibly strong and durable forged from the finest metals on Uzushiogakure.
"LANCES FORWARD!" roared one of the cavalry units; unlike the others, he wore a black horned helmet, the leader of the battleline. The lancers were thrust forward as the cavalry unit made contact with the first line of one thousand biscuit warriors. The spinning lancers made contact and pierced through armour, sending chunks of biscuit flying into the air. As the lancers made physical contact, the soldiers didn't bleed or show signs of pain but were just torn apart revealing nothing but hollow caskets. The stallions each soldier rode did their part; mighty hooves came down to trample the soldiers as they fell, crushing them beneath their hooves. In just a single charge, six hundred biscuit warriors had been cut down, shredded to pieces by the lances.
The cavalry unit was far from done, "Discharge firearms!" The captain shouted out to his men, a free hand reaching behind his back. Strapped to his lower back was a thirty inch long, black handle, silver barrel with a black pump, shotgun (3). The hand removed the weapon and brought it around to bear, his troops mimicking his actions, each wielding a similar looking shotgun. The legion from Uzushiogakure brought the firearms around to bear, pointing them towards the enemy biscuit soldiers and fired. Each shotgun discharged with a large kick that if fired by an ordinary human with one arm would have dislocated it. Six hundred loud shots rang out as twelve metal spheres were shot out of a cartridge. The pellets punctured through the armour of the biscuit soldiers and the moment they did, seals lit up and detonated. Over a thousand simultaneous small explosions of the same magnitude tore through the enemy forces. (4)
"Fall back!" The horned commander gave the command and the entire cavalry unit as one, turned around and charged back towards the hill, using the cover of the explosion to retreat. By the time the smoke cleared from the bombings, the cavalry unit was already over five hundred metres away. The enemy forces subsided and didn't retaliate, it would be pointless to give chase, the bullets from the firearms were ineffective, and Amande didn't want to waste the ammo for the portable bazooka's they had brought with them.
The cavalry unit retreated back to the sealing array and charged directly into the tear in space vanishing from sight as they left the battleground. The only two left was Yamato and Kenshiro. A twister of wind formed behind the two, taking a humanoid shape as Houjin made his appearance. Kenshiro's nodachi was firmly pointed to the enemy soldiers, with two moves over three thousand enemy soldiers had been wiped out. Uzushio had used less than seven hundred soldiers to wipe out numbers four times that of their own and suffered no casualties in doing so.
Amande gritted her teeth, removing a pack of cigarettes from between her large breasts. The one she had been smoking had fallen to the ground in shock from the assault. Taking one of the death sticks out, the woman placed it between her lips, pulled a lighter from the back and lit it up. Taking a deep drag from the cancer stick, the woman blew out a cloud of smoke to calm her nerves.
"Germa 66 step back, all biscuit soldiers to the front lines!" Amande quickly gave the commands resorting the soldiers into a new position. The remaining four thousand Germa 66 Soldiers retreated back in the battle lines as the remaining four and a half thousand biscuit soldiers took to the front lines. Originally six thousand biscuit soldiers and six thousand chess soldiers had been brought to Uzu no Kuni. So far they had lost one thousand five hundred biscuit soldiers. Five hundred of the hollow soldiers stood at the front line in formation with the remaining fourteen lines of a thousand standing behind.
"Having a little difficult Amande-san." A cool sounding female voice spoke up from behind Amande. The owner of the voice was a cool and reserved looking attractive and slim young woman with shoulder-length light pink hair, covering her right eye and curling upwards. The attractive woman wore pink lipstick, wearing a light pink dress with a split in the centre going down to her stomach and her navel, covered by gold target-shaped symbol. On each hand was a dark pink gauntlet, while on her head was a set of black headphones with the number "66" on them, and a patterned purple and black cloak shaped like the wings of a moth, lastly tattooed on each thigh was a black '6'.
"Reiju, about time you and your family showed up." The snakeneck woman sneered at the pink haired woman and her family, to Reiju right side was her father Judge and behind the two, was the three younger brothers.
"Two thousand soldiers dead in seconds. I can't wait to uncover the secrets of these Shinobi!" Judge rubbed his hands greedily together, resting his spear against his shoulder. The King of the Germa Kingdom should have been upset over the loss of a third of the soldiers he had brought, but he wasn't. Judge was too focused on his greed.
"The losses can be replaced by a handful of Shinobi clones." In his eyes the soldiers and servants of the Germ Kingdom were disposable, seeing them as nothing but pawns. The King also looked forward to grabbing Uzushio's technology, the armour the cavalry had worn was strong enough only to be dented from the bullets his soldiers had fired. The firearms they carried were also strange, and he couldn't wait to grab one so his scientists could pull it apart to study.
"All troops forward!" Amande shouted in the receiver for the loudspeaker Den Den Mushi on her left, giving the command for the army to resume its march. With the order given the army of fourteen thousand plus strong began the march towards Uzushiogakure, making their way towards the hill and sealing arrays. The group of sixteen executives approached from behind, keeping pace with their troops. The walls around the battlefield made it hard to use any type of tactics as the Big Mom army was forced towards a set destination and the clearing provided zero cover.
"All biscuit soldiers charge forward to open up the line for any surprises the enemy may have." Amande gave a second command, wanting to send all the remaining biscuit soldiers forward to scout and probe the enemy defences. "The biscuit soldiers are expendable; Cracker can always make more and mother can turn them into homies with her devil fruit powers." The four thousand, five hundred biscuit soldiers had their orders and went into a slow jog that turned into a full sprint as they charged towards the hill.
Uzushiogakure, however, was prepared and when the biscuit soldier army reached the two-kilometre mark from the array, one kilometre from their allies, Kenshiro acted.
"Summoning array one activate!" The Commander pointed his nodachi towards the sealing array to his left. Kenshiro's voice carried as it caused the array to glow white. Like the middle array, a tear in space appeared as a massive black rift opened up.
"Fifth Legion, Fourth and Ninth Division front and centre!" The Commander sounded out summoning a new legion to the field. A loud bugle horn was blown before the nodachi was pointed forward. "
First Legion, all Divisions to the front lines!" With the command, a second bugle horn sounded out as Kenshiro called for his own Legion. A loud battle cry followed as the tears in space began to ripple.
The loud clanking of armour sounded as soldiers began to pour out of the two tears in space. Out of the left sealing array, one thousand two hundred soldiers covered from head to toe in burnt orange armour stepped out. The armour covered them completely making it almost impossible to tell their race, but some were large like giants, others had long necks, long necks and long arms, and other's floated on bubble indicating they were merman or mermaids. The other races only took up a small portion of the unit. The over thousand soldiers took up two lines of six hundred. The first line of six hundred each carried a large gun over two metres in length in their arms, carrying it with both hands. The gun was primarily supported by a strap over the shoulders and held at their waist (5). The second group behind the first, their armour appeared lighter in nature as it only covered the chest, forearms, shins and head. The second line each carried a long rifle with a scope attached and a bolt on the right side (6).
From the middle array, six thousand soldiers marched out onto the battlefield, forming five rows of one thousand two hundred; the lines had been doubled to match the enemy (7). Each of them was covered in light silver armour covering their bodies from head to toe. The soldiers of the two front lines each carried a giant rectangular tower shield, each as big as they were, designed to be held with two hands. Each of these shield soldiers carried a sword on their hip while carrying on their back a dark grey rifle that looked different to current modern day firearms (8). The same gun was being carried by the other three doubled divisions.
"Fifth Legion, Fourth Division prepare arms!" Kenshiro didn't face the legion but gave them the orders to ready their weapons. The six hundred soldiers in outlandish coloured armour placed their dominant hand on the trigger while using other to support the barrel of the gun as they held it at hip level. "Selective fire, destroy the first line!"
The moment the command was given the Fifth Legion didn't hold back and pulled the trigger. A loud bang went off from each gun as a single round was fired. High powered rounds rained down onto the biscuit soldiers, cutting into the first row leaving gaping holes. The soldiers didn't hesitate and continued to squeeze the trigger, unleashing a second-round onto the biscuit soldiers, tearing apart the first line with three pulls of the trigger. With each shot, an empty casing the size of an index finger was ejected and landed on the ground.
"Full auto fire! Eliminate hostile units" Kenshiro shouted out again giving the order to the soldiers to no longer focus on selective fire. With the order given the soldiers of the fourth division squeezed down on the trigger and didn't let up, holding it in. The gun shook violently under their arms but was held steady as each soldier unloaded the magazine, firing from the hip. The charging biscuit soldiers were torn apart as the high calibre rounds blew massive holes in their bodies. The fourth division took a step back once the magazine was finished.
"Ninth Division, arms at the ready, eliminate all survivors!" With the order given the six hundred soldiers of the Fifth Legion's, Ninth Division raised their rifles to eye level, peering down the scope and surveyed the carnage caused by their comrades. The scopes surveyed the remains of the biscuit warriors; a shot would ring out, a bullet piercing between the forehead of a Biscuit Soldier destroying it. Moments later more shots would follow as the soldiers picked up the stragglers. With a movement of the bolt a casing was ejected and another reloaded, each rifle carried five rounds. By the time the remainder of the Big Mom army arrived, the final shot had been made as the last Biscuit Soldier was destroyed.
"Fifth Legion fall back!" Under the orders of their superior, the two divisions retreated back into the tear in space returning to their barracks.
Charlotte Amande clenched her fists so hard knuckles turned white, and shook, none of them had expected the fight to go so one-sided. The Big Mom Army had suffered eight thousand casualties, almost half of their entire force within moments, and the enemy hadn't taken a single injury yet.
"What do we do now Onee-sama?" The one who spoke was Charlotte Custard, a woman with fair skin, brown eyes, short violet hair adorned with a flower. She wore a purple-pink bodysuit with matching elbow-length gloves and belt around her waist. On her back, she wore a large, fluffy light pink cape with pink polka dots around the shoulders, attached to Custard's right hip was a longsword.
"Tch, weaklings. If you can't handle a few enemy soldiers, we'll do the job for you!" Judge boasted arrogantly as he pushed passed the executives of the Charlotte Family, accompanied by his sons and daughter. The man was proud of his strength and skill, believing he and his family could easily defeat the enemy soldiers.
"OI! You want to say that again! I dare you too! See what happens!" A violent outburst was released from Charlotte Oven an extremely large and muscular man. Oven had a very thick neck, and hair that is arranged into three curved sections, as well as a short, spiky beard. The giant man menacingly cracked his knuckles as he stared down Judge.
"Enough! No fighting amongst allies." Amande spun around to face the two, a hand on the hilt of her nodachi, threatening to draw it on them.
"Judge take your children and head to the front lines, see if you and your army can't make an opening." Amande commanded the King, giving Judge his marching orders; if the man refused, she would happily cut him down slowly and painfully.
Judge glowered at the woman, but didn't retort, instead faced his children, "You heard her move." Judge then ran off heading to the front of the army, his four children following after him. Landing in front of his remaining four thousand Germa Soldiers, Judge took command of them.
"All soldiers of the Germa 66, move out!" Judge stood at the front with his daughter to his right and three sons on the left, the four battle lines behind him. The Germa Kingdom forces split off from the Big Mom Pirate's and charged towards the hill, running at full speed, the Vinsmoke Family at the front. From behind the remaining, six thousand troops of the Big Mom army followed at a distance, accompanied by the Charlotte Family.
Kenshiro remained unphased, "First Legion forward!" The troops of Kenshiro's Martial legion marched forward, boots clanking heavily on the ground as the soldiers split around the commander and the two shinobi, before reforming their lines.
"Shields up!" The first two lines raised their tower shields in a defensive formation as they started to jog toward the incoming soldiers. A red blur shot forward to meet the incoming soldiers; the blur was Vinsmoke Ichiji a man who was slim, tall had long legs, red coloured hair and curly eyebrows that looked like a six. Ichiji wore a dark red suit, with a white gauntlet, red ascot, a white cape as well as a pair of sunglasses. Ichiji headed towards the middle of the Uzushio formation, delivering a right-handed punch to one of the large tower shields, creating a fist-sized dent.
"Supākingu Figā (Sparkling Figure)!" On impact a powerful red explosion erupted from the fist carrying enough force behind it, the shield folded inwards. The explosion itself blew up in front of the soldier scorching his armour, creating cracks in it, delivering enough force bones were broken, and blood flew from his lips.
Next up to follow was Vinsmoke Yonji, the youngest of the brothers but notably taller with a more muscular build and green hair slicked back into a cowlick. Yonji wore a green suit, comprising a shirt bearing the number "66" in gold, and a black hooded cloak bearing a green "4" on the left. He also wore a striped belt with the Germa 66 symbol as a belt buckle, metal gloves, an orange ascot, sunglasses, and black earphones on the top of his head
Yonji ran behind his older brother, grabbing out with both hands. The two hands suddenly shot out from the forearm, connected by a long rope. The hands extended out and each grabbed onto the faces of two soldiers.
"Uinchi Danton (Winding Power Beheading)!" Using the two soldiers whose heads he held, Yonji swung them around, his body spinning as he slammed the soldiers into their allies knocking a good dozen of them out of the way, before releasing. The two soldiers were sent flying into their comrades knocking them over.
The Martial Legion wasn't deterred, as the back three divisions took aiming, lifting their rifles, locking onto the enemy forces, the legions began to fire. Unlike flintlock rifles the Marines used or the muskets used by the Minks, these weren't single shot. Each gun had a thirty round magazine and was a fully automatic battle rifle. All hell let loose as the three lines fired through the gaps of the shield carriers. Bullets hit the bodies of the two brothers, but instead of making them bleed or piercing through, seemed to bounce off them. The impact made strange dents in their body like they were made of metal. The divisions didn't only aim for the brother's but those behind them, aiming at the sister, father, third brother and Germa 66 soldiers. The rounds like the other members of the Vinsmoke family, bounced off the rest, except Judge who had taken to using his other son, Niji as a human shield. As for the Germa 66 soldiers, the front line was mercilessly cut down.
The remaining 66 soldiers raised their rifles and fired in retaliation, only for the shield bearer's to form a protective barrier in front of the other Martial Soldiers. The bullets bounced off their shields, denting them but were unable to pierce through the durable metal. As the defensive shields protected them, the marksman began to reload, removing a magazine and loading in another one. A battle cry came from behind the Germa 66 soldiers as the chess soldiers of the Big Mom pirates spilt forward through their ranks.
The Bishop Soldiers pulled back on short bows, notching an arrow and fired at the metal shields. The arrows shattered on impact doing zero damage. There was one thousand Bishop Soldiers, three thousand Knight Soldiers, one thousand six hundred Rook Soldiers and four hundred Queen Soldiers. The Rook Soldiers stepped to the plate, pulling a rifle off their backs and began taking shots at the defensive formation as a large number of Knight Soldiers headed into battle. Longswords were drawn with cross-shaped guards and brought down onto the enemy shields.
Vinsmoke Niji joined his brothers, launching forward with blue electricity sparkling around his legs. Niji was the same height as Ichiji with a slim build with blue hair groomed into a huge, curved partition across the right side of his face, ending in three prominent spikes. Niji wore dark blue raid suit, including a black cape bearing a blue "2", dark goggles over his eyes, gold-coloured gauntlets, and an aqua ascot around his neck. A set of horns extend upwards from his pair of orange and red earphones, and his belt was a buckle with a prominent lightning bolt design.
Niji headed towards a group of shield bearer's and kicked out with his right leg. A right foot hit a tower shield as a large amount of blue electricity was released. The electricity carried enough force it formed a large dent in the metal shield making it curve; a powerful shockwave erupted from the impact knocking the shield warrior backwards. The attack knocked not only the soldier back but those around him, sending half a dozen flying away.
"Draw swords!" At Kenshiro's orders, the shield bearers tossed their giant shields aside and drew the swords at their hips, drawing swords of all shapes and sizes for battle. The two thousand plus from the first lines charged in meeting the Knight Soldiers head-on, blades clashing against one another.
Judge came dropping in from above, landing amongst a group of Martial Soldiers and swung his spear with enough force he sent a dozen flying. The spear wasn't able to break the armour, but the force from it rattled their insides making them cough blood.
"Die!" Judge roared as he shot towards one of the soldiers from the back lines, thrusting a spear at their exposed throat.
A figure in silver armour appeared in front of the spear, the blade of a long nodachi meeting the tip head on. Sparks flew as the two weapons collided; Judge gritted his teeth pushing forward only to meet resistance. Looking up at his opponent the King was surprised to find the man who had been giving the orders in front of him. Kenshiro had crossed a distance of within seconds, having moved the moment he saw the Vinsmoke family take action. The swordsman drew his blade, and engaged, becoming locked in combat with Judge, holding the nodachi with both hands. The nodachi was two and a half metres long with a blade the colour of obsidian on one half, while along the edged half it was the colour of blood, the blade itself was stained by a blood shaped pattern. A crimson red handle matched the tone of the sword as the guard was in the shape of a tear. A bloodthirsty aura seemed to waft from the blade as if begging for blood, anyone who looked at it would feel a shiver running down their spine as if the sword was pure evil.
Judge jumped back making distance as he settled into a fighting stance, eying his opponent. Kenshiro appeared ordinary in stature, but carried the noble air of a swordsman.
"Who are you?" Asked Judge studying his opponent, looking for any kind of opening he could exploit. Kenshiro eyed the enemy King and held the nodachi in a fighting stance in front of him.
"Yamada Kenshiro, Commander of the First Martial Legion." Suddenly Kenshiro shot forward only to blink out of existence, seeming to vanish, only to appear directly in front of Judge swinging the long nodachi downwards. The action caught Judge off guard who had to quickly retreat to avoid being bisected. As Judge retreated, Kenshiro moved, blinking out of existence again and seeming to teleport right in front of Judge. A foot crashed into Judge's chest knocking him backwards.
"Rrrr, what." Judge gritted his teeth as he slid back across the ground, shoving the spear tip into the earth to bring himself to a halt. What Judge couldn't know was Kenshiro had eaten the Shun Shun no Mi (Blink-Blink) Paramecia Fruit that had turned him into a Shunkanidou Ningen (Teleportation Human), allowing him to instantly teleport over a short distance. Kenshiro couldn't teleport more than ten metres at a time and could only teleport to locations in direct line of sight.
The three triplets landed beside their father and shot towards Kenshiro attempting to take him down with numbers. The siblings had seen Kenshiro as a threat and were determined to eliminate him first. The swordsman watched them and blinked out of existence as Ichiji arrived where he had stood, punching the ground causing an explosion. Kenshiro teleported to a ten-metre distance, raising the nodachi into the path of a mechanical hand that shot towards him.
"Yosamu (Cold Nights)!" The long sword was slashed into the direction of the incoming hand; a cold aura released itself from the blade that was soon engulfed by an evil one that was full of bloodlust and murderous intent. The sword cut through the incoming metal hand with ease, as ice began to spread around the cut area.
"Henri Nidoru (Henry Needle)!" Niji appeared from behind Kenshiro, blue electricity flowing through his knee and promptly planted it into the swordsman's back. Kenshiro gritted his teeth, as electricity coursed through his body and blinked away after quickly looking to the right. The swordsman appeared ten metres in front from his original position, attempting to hold back the pain from the blow. He had used Busoshoku haki to reinforce the defence of his back at the last minute, but enough force had carried through to cause pain.
"Pinku Hōnetto (Pink Hornet)!" The young woman Reiju attacked next, as she released a stream of toxic smoke from her mouth. The toxic smoke wafted out over the Uzushio soldiers, seeping into their armour poisoning them.
"Fall back!" The Commander gave the order to his troops, quickly retreating back using his devil fruit powers to avoid being poisoned. Those who hadn't been poisoned yet grabbed their fallen comrades and began to withdraw, even as the poison smoke drew closer the last thing Kenshiro wanted was to see his men fall, men who he had spent many painstaking hours training and bonding with, they were like a family to him.
"Germa 66 ready bazookas!" Amande called out as she landed amongst the soldiers, right behind a group of Germa Kingdom Soldiers armed with bazookas. The woman was giving the command to finally use the bazookas that they had brought. Five hundred Germa 66 soldiers raced forward, half with a bazooka over their shoulders the other's loading the weapon and helping to steady it.
"Fire!" Without hesitation, the two hundred and fifty soldiers locked onto the retreating troops and fired launching a single rocket each. The mass of projectiles sailed through the air towards the Uzushio soldiers. The shield bearing legions turned raising their massive tower shields to protect themselves and their comrades. The rockets crashed against the shields and detonated cracking the shields and making them fold inwards. The force of the magnitude of explosions sent the soldiers flying backwards, armour scorched by flames. The armour had protected them from any serious damage, but it couldn't form the backlash of the explosion. However this was only true for those on the outer rim of the blast, those caught in it had suffered severe damage with their armour cracks and dented, blood seeping from the joints.
"Reload!"
Kenshiro gritted his teeth as the toxic smoke grew closer, seeping into the bodies of his troops. The commander was thinking of charging forward using his devil fruit powers to make it through the toxic smoke to attack the bazookas. The armour the legions wore was strong, but not even it was tough enough against the might of the bazookas. Kenshiro could careless for his own life, and would gladly sacrifice it if he could save his men. The warrior got ready, reading into a fixed stance and was prepared to begin his assault.
A flash of white appeared beside Kenshiro during the retreat drawing the commander's attention. Standing behind him were the Six Commanders of the Martial Legion selected for the war, behind them stood ten officers in dark purple armour. Each of them had been sent over by Naruto.
One of them stepped forward, a woman in dark purple armour, she was slim, curvaceous, and well-endowed who had a heart-shaped face that seemed to wear a serious look as eyes was fixed in a permanent glare. The woman had a distinct nose in a square shape similar to Nico Robin's with a beauty mark under her right eye close to the nose, wearing a high collared military style dress with a shortened skin ending just above her knee, that was cream in colour with a pair of pockets on each breast. The woman wore long black stockings and matching black high heels. On the chest piece of her armour the kanji for '11', she was Hildegarde Commander of the recently created Eleventh legion.
Hildegarde had a hand on her left hip, holding the handle of large Dao Saber. The woman seemed fearless as she took a step in front of the oncoming poison. The woman took a deep breath and began to suck in the toxic smoke, drawing it into her own body. Hildegarde appeared unaffected at all by the poison as she sucked it all into her slim frame, absorbing all of it until nothing was left. The seductive commander placed a hand at her lips and revealed a lustful smile.
"My how delicious, I want her!" Hildegarde shot a seductive wink to Reiju before moving into action, crossing the distance quickly.
"You're not going anywhere!" Ichiji shot towards Hildegarde at high speed to intercept, appearing between her and Reiju, the man wasn't trying to protect his sister out of family love, but because she was useful. The poison Reiju could use was effective against the Uzushio forces and if she was taken out that removed one of the Germa Kingdom's trump cards. As long as he and his brothers could eliminate these new arrivals, especially this woman who seemed to be able to neutralise the poison, Reiju could push through to finish off the remainder of Uzushiogakure's forces.
Hildegarde smirked as her entire body seemed to transform into a dark purple miasma that shot out around Ichiji and reformed behind him, allowing the woman to continue her advance. Ichiji cursed as he went to turn around, only for someone to charge him from the right, moving on a curve, the tip of a spear pointed at his face, electricity surrounding it. The red-haired Vinsmoke punched out with his right fist to meet the spear tip head on. The two impacted as an explosion occurred knocking both combatants back, sending them sliding across the battlefield.
Ichiji's attacker turned out to be a short rabbit mink woman who was five foot, possessing neck length navy blue hair, with light sandy brown fur, a voluptuous figure and hourglass accompanied by long legs. The mink wore a navy blue battle dress into, black biker shorts and light purple armour. The armour consisted of a chest, shoulder, torso, arm guards and shin guard pieces with the kanji for '2' on the front. In the rabbit minks hands was a nine foot long dark green spear with an elongated blade over two foot long shaped like a straight sword. (9)
"Your opponent is me!" The short rabbit mink twirled the spear that was almost twice her size, wielding it with apparent ease. In the mink's hands, the weapon appeared as light as a feather. Pointing the spear tip at the ground, the rabbit mink shot forward with astounding speed thrusting the long spear towards Ichiji's chest, with the intent to turn him into a shish kabob. A thick murderous intent was flowing off the rabbit's body, showing her intent to kill. The Mink was Danielle, the Commander of the Second Martial Legion.
Ichiji sneered at the mink and shot out to meet the attack, punching with his left fist. The two forces would collide as an explosion erupted from Ichiji's fist, but it wasn't all that happened. A large shockwave exploded from the spear that broke the earth beneath them and carried enough force to sending Ichiji flying backwards. The explosion from the redhead had barely affected the mink as the shockwave from the spear had overpowered it.
"I should mention, I ate the Naru Naru no Mi (Rumble-Rumble Fruit), not to be confused with the Logia of a similar name, mine's a Paramecia. It turned me into a Jishin Ningen (Quake Human)." Danielle's Naru Naru no Mi was of the same family as Edward Newgate's Gura Gura no Mi (Tremor-Tremor Fruit) but was nowhere near on the same level, as her fruit was of a far lower class. Leaping back into the fray of battle, the Mink swung the long spear on a wide angle. The surrounding air quivered as the blade of the spear vibrated.
"Hurry reload!" Amande called, wanting to get the rockets ready once more to try and eliminate the pesky enemy forces, the armour they wore was tough, but with enough pressure, they would break.
"Senri! Take the Eleventh Legion and deal with those bazookas!" Kenshiro shouted out as he clashed blades with Judge, the King's spear colliding with the long nodachi in a fierce battle. Every time the two clashed blades a shockwave would erupt from the force of their blows, destroying the ground around them.
"Hai, Hai!" The one who answered was a bubbly young woman in her mid-twenties, wearing sky-blue armour with an '8' on the front. Senri had short snow-white hair and emerald green eyes wearing an ocean blue military uniform similar to Hildegarde's, except with a longer skirt down to her knees. The young woman turned to face the ten warriors in dark purple behind her, with a bounce in her step.
"Eleventh Legion move out!" Senri shouted in an overly cheerful tone before rushing towards the front lines. The woman reached behind her back removing what looked like a metal crossbow, but beneath it was a strange round drum with a number of bolts (10). Lifting the crossbow to eye level the trigger was pulled and a single bolt shot out, piercing through the right eye of one of the Germa Soldiers who was about to load up a new rocket. Keeping the trigger squeezed, a flurry of bolts shot out one after the other, launching through the air piercing into the flesh of multiple targets, killing fifteen men in an instant. A slender hand gripped the round drum and removed it, pulling out another from a small bag positioned on the woman's lower back. As the drum was removed a series of seals lit up to replace the missing magazine. The drum was loaded back up into the crossbow with a loud click.
Amande gritted her teeth and moved out to meet the incoming woman, who was accompanied by ten soldiers in purple. Yonji and Niji appeared at Amande's side, joining her in the charge, Yonji left hand was gone having been cut off by Kenshiro. Niji sped up, moving faster than the others, legs charged with blue electricity as he jumped forward aiming a kick at the woman in sky-blue armour.
"RAR!" A loud battle cry sounded out as a giant seven-foot shadow crashed into the ground in front of Niji a pair of large bronze battle-axes swung down. As the axes collided with the electrically charged foot, volatile red energy erupted out from the two weapons exploding on impact. The force of the explosion sent both fighters flying backwards. Niji dug his heels into the ground, while the opposing warrior dug his axes into the earth carving a pair of trenches. As the dust settled the one who attacked was a seven-foot copper skinned Bronze Whaler Shark Fishman. The Fishman wore a yellow and silver battle robe, matching hakama pants with silver metal boots. The most distinct feature, besides a pair of giant bronze and red collared battle axes, each as big as he, was the golden coloured armour he wore covering the majority of his body but the head, on the chest plate was the kanji for '7'.
A pair of intense green eyes glared down at Niji as the Fishman towered over the modified human, lifting up both giant axes.
"I'll be your opponent!" The Fishman declared speaking in a deep guttural and brazen tone, releasing a powerful, murderous intent, giving off the aura of a powerful and undefeatable warrior.
Amande glowered at the crossbow-wielding woman closing in quickly, swinging the nodachi she wielded into the path of numerous bolts that were fired. Yonji jumped up over Amande, his right hand launching from its spot, extending out towards Senri, palm open to grab the woman by the face. An unearthly ghostly roar sounded out as a giant skeleton hand crashed down onto the green haired youth's body smashing him into the ground, breaking the earth. The force behind the skeleton hand struck tension in the rope snapping the hand back towards Yonji.
The owner of the skeleton hand crashed into the ground blocking Amande's path off. The owner was a four foot five old man in his early seventies with faded silver hair, wearing full body, without a helmet, bone white coloured armour. The old man had wrinkles under both eyes with a large cross-shaped scar on his right cheek and countless over along his neck, over his left eye was an eye patch, where a long scar could be seen. The right eye was untouched and once vibrant sapphire blue had faded out with old age. The most eye-catching feature about the old man was his right arm as it was nothing but bone, a giant skeleton arm over three times the man's body size covered in armour
Giving a mighty battle cry the arm was swung into Amande's path, the snakeneck tribe woman blocked the incoming arm with her nodachi. The force behind the impact sent Amande flying out to the left, giving Senri the opportunity to rush past both Yonji and Amande. Senri reloaded the repeating crossbow and fired another round just as the Germa 66 finished loading new rockets into the bazookas. The soldiers raised their bazookas pointing them in the direction of Senri and the incoming soldiers of the Eleventh legion.
"Juu (Ten)!" Senri called out the number ten, immediately one of the ten armoured warriors shot out in front of Eighth Legion Commander and their nine comrades, on the back of their armour they bore the kanji for '10' standing six foot tall. As the bazookas were fired the armoured soldier called Juu gave a beast like roar, and his body transformed. Juu fell onto all fours as a large shell grew from his back accompanied by spikes, as a long mace-like tail extended from his spine. In seconds Juu had grown to over five times his normal size, taking the form of a dark grey Ankylosaurus. The transformed Ancient Zoan user shielded his comrades as the rockets slammed against his hardened shell detonating on impact. Juu released a bellowing roar from the impact as cracks formed in his protective armour.
"Yon (Four) and Roku (Six) break their lines!" The command came from behind the transformed Juu, before two mismatched figures in purple armour jumped up onto the dinosaur's back and headed towards the soldiers. The one on the right was tall at eight foot, and the one on the left was short at five foot. On the right, the soldier's body bulked out as they transformed into the shape of a large black furred Gorilla over twelve foot in size. The martial soldier on the left body became elongated, they were a woman by the design of their armour, gaining height of eighteen foot as neural spines grew along her back, razor-sharp teeth protruded from her jaw transforming into a massive armoured Spinosaurus that stomped forward.
The Germa Soldiers behind their bazooka wielding comrades raised their rifles and began to take fire, only for the bullets to bounce of the incoming Zoan's armour that had expanded to accommodate their transformations. The raging Gorilla came barrelling in first, swinging a giant left arm into the group sending dozens of soldiers flying up into the air. The Spinosaurus followed, a heavy foot crashing down and stomping out life as a long tail swung into the enemy, sending soldiers flying in every direction.
"Stop them!" Amande shouted out from her position as she was forced onto the defensive from the old man who wouldn't let her escape his line of sight. A pair of giant skeleton hands would continue to crash down on top of her, only to be blocked by the long nodachi she carried. The ground would shatter on impact from each collision. Yonji would attack at every opportune moment only to be tossed away by a giant backhand or simply punched into the ground with enough force to create a fist-sized crater.
Two figures shot out from the Big Mom's army to attack the rampaging Zoan users. One swung down with an oversized western sword, meeting the claws of the Spinosaurus head-on as a shockwave erupted from the impact. The owner was a tall woman with exceptionally long legs, disproportionately large hands, long, mahogany hair tied in a ponytail wearing a striped blue hourglass corset with a short skirt, long dark gloves with elbow padding, a pair of high dark boots, and a long white cap. On the other side, Custard had charged the rampaging Gorilla, drawing a western sword similar to her sister's and jumped high into the air swinging the blade down in an overhead swing. Yon pounded his chest roaring and swung his right arm upwards to meet the incoming edge. Metal hit metal, as the armour covering the Zoan user's body, assisted in forming a powerful protective shield.
The Ankylosaurus devil fruit user came charging forward in his transformed state barrelling past the other two Zoan's, a giant club tail swinging around from the right and impacted into the ground. The earth shook violently as it began to split open, collapsing inwards, Germa Soldier's screamed as they fell into the crevice, pieces of debris collapsing on top of them. Bolts from a crossbow fired from above the Zoan user as Senri, and the others stood on his cracked shell. The Eighth Commander held her crossbow firm and fired with accuracy, using one shot to kill.
A large amount of white cream poured towards the group as a large man with a thick body, heads and arms in a semi-liquid state blocked their path. The cream rose up around the man transforming into tentacles, making him look like a Kraken. The sheer amount of cream rose upwards, tentacles shooting out to grab them. One of the Martial Soldiers jumped off Juu's back, the kanji for '9' on his back. Kyu's arms transformed into a strange mist that erupted out into a thick cloud, meeting the incoming cream head on. The cream began to melt dissolving under the mist, revealing it to be a thick acidic vapour cloud.
With a battle cry, the remaining six soldiers of the eleventh legion made their move, revealing a mix of devil fruit powers. The Eleventh Legion was new with only eleven members, but every member had consumed a devil fruit.
Danielle VS Ichiji
Danielle squared off against Ichiji, twirling her long spear around her body with masterful ease. Ichiji stood opposite her, eyes wandering up and down the woman's frame with a lecherous gaze. Ichiji and his brothers may have been designed to lack sympathy, empathy and other emotions but they seemed to all share a lust for the fairer sex, however unlike Ichiji's younger brothers he could put his amorous tendencies aside to focus on the task at hand.
Ichiji launched towards Danielle at high speed, moving so fast that he became a red blur. Red light crackled around the modified human's hands, intending to deliver a powerful explosive punch to the rabbit mink. Ichiji charged at the mink who didn't appear phased at all by his movements. The modified human punched out with both fists, aiming for the mink's voluptuous chest, only to have the tip of a long spear swung into his path. A powerful shockwave erupted out of the spear's tip colliding with the double fists exploding on impact, knocking both fighters backwards, their feet carving trenches in the ground as they came to a halt.
"You're wasting my time!" Ichiji showed a look of disdain, one thing he hated was people who opposed him as it wasted time and effort. Energy sparked around Ichiji's hands before thrusting them forward, firing multiple beams of red energy at the rabbit mink. The red energy beams shot through the air heading towards Danielle, ten of them in total, each of them had the intention to pierce through the mink's body.
Danielle laughed as electricity sparked around her body, flowing into the spear and gave a thrust. With the thrust a shockwave would erupt from the end of the spear increasing its speed and power, allowing the mink to thrust out multi times in rapid succession. The electricity would meet the incoming beam head on, exploding on impact, creating multiple explosions in rapid succession of one another. With every thrust a laugh would escape from the rabbit mink, as the last beam was destroyed Danielle crouched low to the ground and kicked off, launching across the battlefield heading towards Ichiji. The tip of Danielle's spear tip turned obsidian black through the use of Busoshoku Haki as electricity sparked around the blade. Danielle sped across the battlefield swinging the spear from the left. The sharp spear cut through the air heading towards Ichiji with the intention of bisecting him in half.
Ichiji glowered at the incoming blade and was forced to dodge, barely missing the tip of the sword as a mark appeared on the chest area of the raid suit. Electricity jumped from the spear and coursed through Ichiji's body making him grit his teeth from the pain. A blur came around as the other end of the spear connected against the left side of Ichiji's face with enough force to dent it on impact and send him flying out to the right, crashing into the ground creating a long trench.
Ichiji jumped to his feet, appearing visibly angry from the constant waste of time this was, but the woman wouldn't let up. Energy surged around his body and shot forward again attempting to engage the woman in close contact, but every time he got close she would swing that abnormally long spear preventing him from getting close. With each swing electricity would be released surging into Ichiji's body or a shockwave would be released blowing him backwards. The modified human was getting frequently more frustrated with every failed attack; never did he expect the enemy would be able to keep up with him, especially when using a raid suit. Ichiji was proud of the speed and power he possessed when using the advanced military suit.
Growling, Ichiji kicked off shooting towards the mink, moving in multiple patterns, attempting to confuse and disorientate the mink as he got behind her. A pair of fists shot out, surging with red energy, aimed directly at the rabbits back. Fists impacted against armour as it turned obsidian black. Twin explosions erupted from the fists, blowing Ichiji back, denting his knuckles ever so slightly.
Danielle was sent flying forward from the explosion, as she sailed forward the mink impaled the ground with her spear, using it as leverage to do a front flip, landing on both feet gracefully. Turning around the mink giggled, retracting the Busoshoku Haki channelled into her armour. As a member of the Eleven Commanders of the Martial Legions, Danielle was skilled in the use of Haki, specifically Busoshoku Haki. Danielle as a rabbit mink had heightened senses when it came to her surroundings and was able to predict, hear and keep up with her opponent's movements without the assistance of Kenbunshoku Haki.
A red blur shot towards Danielle, boot-shaped footprints creating indents in the ground. Ichiji was intending to try and get close again, breaking the distance to unleash a volley of punches on the mink. Danielle licked her lips and retaliated with her long spear, intending to keep Ichiji at a distance. The spear would lash out becoming a blur as the tip would collide with an energised fist, a shockwave would erupt from the spear clashing with the red energy exploding on contact. Ichiji ignored the explosions, attacking ruthlessly, using one punch after the other. The fists turned into blurs creating the illusion of multiple fists shooting towards Danielle, only to be met by a volley of spears. A wide swing of the spear hit the final punch, and a large electrical dome expanded outwards, violently electrocuting Ichiji, smoke rising from his body. A shockwave followed behind launching the Vinsmoke's body up into the air where he smashed into the ground twenty metres away from the rabbit mink, forming an indent in the earth on impact.
"Pyonyonyonyon. (11)" The rabbit mink gave a feminine giggle, but at the same time, it had a hint of sadistic undertone. A twinkle flashed in a pair of light green eyes as Danielle spun her spear, the speed slowly increasing. As the spear was span, it began to generate green electricity that seemed to twist around the blue electricity Danielle released from her body. Electricity Danielle in a brilliant bluish green aura, electricity ran along the earth tearing it apart, scorching the surrounding terrain. Electricity sparked through light green eyes before Danielle crouched low to the ground and hopped, not kicked off or ran, but hopped. Two feet formed cracks in the ground simultaneously as Danielle rocketed towards Ichiji appearing right in front of him, the thick smell of ozone assaulted his nose. A powerful spear thrust came out towards Ichiji, electricity erupting from the polearm as its entire length vibrated violently, threatening to leave the confines of its owner's hands.
"Ranburusandā (Rumbling Thunder)!"
Ichiji wasn't about the meet the move head on as he quickly retreated, only to stare in shock as the rabbit mink hopped again, disappearing from sight, the ground shattering from her hop. A powerful aura appeared above, forcing him to look up spotting the rabbit mink floating in the air, thrusting the spear downwards. Ichiji swung his cape into the path of the spear attempting to block the attack. The tip hit and a beam of electricity shot down from the spear like a powerful bolt of lightning. A dome of mismatched blue and green electricity expanded out around Ichiji, assaulting him from all sides. The loud rumbling of thunder erupted on impact as a powerful shockwave was sent coursing through Ichiji's body. The cloak was pierced through but caught the spear's blade preventing it from travelling any further. Electricity coursed through Ichiji's veins violently electrocuting him to the point smoke began to rise from his body and flesh became crinkled.
Ichiji collapsed to his knees, body smoking and dented from the blow. Danielle removed the spear and kicked off her opponent's shoulders, kicking him into the ground and landed five metres away. Ichiji's body stumbled, as he fell onto his back, residual amounts of electricity sparked around his body. The modified human found himself unable to move; the electricity had paralysed him, making it impossible even to lift a finger.
Danielle approached and planted the tip of her spear next to his head and leaned against it, "The first Prisoner of War captured." The rabbit mink gave a cheeky smile and removed a slip of sealing paper from between the confines of her chest plate and slapped it onto Ichiji's forehead. Once the paper touched flesh it glowed, and the eldest son of the Vinsmoke family disappeared in a flash of white, appearing in one of Uzushiogakure's containment cells. With Ichiji contained, Danielle exhaled; wiping sweat from her forehead, that last move had taken a lot out of her.
Danielle looked like she had the edge against Ichiji, but the truth was the mink had been pushed to her limits, "He was stronger than I thought. I didn't think he would be able to take my Ranburusandā and survive." Danielle had attacked with the intent to kill, to finish Ichiji off in one move. The Ranburusanda when it had been tested against some of the prisoners Uzushio had captured, had turned them to ash with one hit, showing the durability of Ichiji's body.
Danielle felt a chill run through her body as an eerie voice made her ears twitch, "Subete O Korosu Waru (The Evil That Kills All)"
Hildegarde VS Reiju
A seductive laugh filled the air as Hildegarde flourished her sabre and attacked Reiju, swinging the blade that was wider and longer than she was with ease. A metal glove or boot would be raised to block the incoming sabre; the figure behind them was the beautiful Reiju who found herself struggling under the surprising physical strength of her opponent. Reiju as a modified human possessed astounding physical strength and speed, but her opponent seemed to be able to match it.
The normal soldiers of the Martial Legion who had taken the chakra enhancing drug, designed to turn them into super soldiers by using chakra to boost their physical capabilities were all at low to medium Chunin level. The Commanders, however, had not been chosen because they all had a devil fruit ability, though it was one of the reasons, the other was because the drug had a stronger effect on them. Each commander of the Martial Legion and the Captain's beneath them and been chosen as the drug had reacted differently to them. The Captains of each division possessed physical abilities equal to a High Chunin, whereas the Commander' their physical traits were equal too low to mid-Jounin, varying from Commander to Commander. Combined with the power of their devil fruits, those with race abilities, haki and intense Spartan training had significantly increased their fighting capabilities.
Hildegarde landed at a distance from Reiju and gave the woman a flirtatious naughty wink, "Fierce, strong and beautiful, just my type." The Commander's body shivered in delight, an index and right middle finger raised to her lips as Hildegarde blew a kiss at Reiju.
"Why don't you come home with me to warm my bed." Chills went down Reiju's spine at the older woman's suggestion; the Legion Commander was only six years older than Reiju. The Commander's body transformed into a thick purple miasma that turned into a large cloud consuming Reiju, reforming behind her into the older woman.
Hildegarde stood behind Reiju, a left arm wrapped around the younger woman's waist, the right slithering up her stomach as the commander leaned close to Reiju's, breath tickling at the young woman's ear.
"I'll give you an experience you'll never forget," Hildegarde whispered in a hot and seductive tone that gave Reiju goosebumps, but the offer was strangely enticing. Reiju shook the feeling away and attempted to hit the woman, throwing her off, only for Hildegarde to dissolve into miasma and faded out, reforming five metres in front of Reiju.
Reiju regained her cool and callous demeanour, trying not to let the woman get inside her head. Taking a deep breath, Reiju's supply lips began to part and expelled a thick, toxic cloud, letting it vent towards the woman who gave a sultry laugh, "That won't work on me, sweetie." Hildegarde extended her hands, transforming them into a thick miasma that spewed out to meet the toxic smoke, absorbing it.
"I'm a Yamai Ningen (Disease Human), courtesy of the Shoki Shoki no Mi (Miasma-Miasma Fruit), I can produce countless diseases at will in the shape of a miasma cloud. I am immune to any disease, illness or virus in the world, but also any type of toxin and poison." Hildegarde gave a flirty smile, eyes looking at Reiju with a lustful gaze, wandering over the woman's body with a gaze that seemed to be undressing the girl. Reiju felt like using her hands to cover her body at the sight of the gaze.
With a sultry laugh, Hildegarde shot forward, lower body transforming into a miasma that seeped out into the air forming thick miasma clouds. Miasma circled the large sabre as Hildegarde swung it down at Reiju who would cross both arms over, using the metal of her gloves to block it. A loud clang sounded out as the miasma coated sword struck the gloves. The miasma seeped from around the blade, surrounding Reiju who retreated, using a hand to cover her mouth at the foul-smelling stench that came from it. Miasma clouds came pouring down, surrounding Reiju and began to converge. The miasma blocked off all exits from around and above, encompassing Reiju in a purple cloud dome.
"Shoki Kumowana (Miasma Cloud Trap)!" A sweet seductive voice came from the surrounding miasma as Hildegarde's upper torso reformed in the mist above Reiju.
"There's no escape." The woman transformed into a thick miasma cloud that poured down onto Reiju, engulfing her. Reiju held her breath, a hand covering her mouth as she was covered by the foul-smelling clouds, attempting to hold her breath. A laugh could be heard from all around before an attack came from the right. A large sabre slashed on an angle forcing Reiju to dodge to the left to avoid being cut. Multiple attacks followed, coming from different angles, forcing Reiju to avoid them, using up her limited supply of oxygen.
Reiju's face began to turn purple from the lack of oxygen, movements slowed down before Hildegarde reformed in front of her, a fist ploughing into her stomach. Pink lips parted in a gasp, taking in a sudden rush of diseased air into clean lungs. Reiju collapsed her knees coughing violently, finding herself suffocating. A paper tag slapped against Reiju's forehead, and the girl vanished in a flash of white to a containment cell. The clones on standby would be able to remove whatever disease the girl was affected with. The thick miasma clouds began to gather at the centre, sucking inwards to reshape into Hildegarde. The woman smirked as she resheathed the sabre and headed back out onto the battlefield, only to come to a sudden halt.
"Subete O Korosu Waru (The Evil That Kills All)" A cold voice echoed in her ears drawing Hildegarde's attention, the same voice had stopped the fighting on both sides.
7th Commander VS Niji
The Bronze Whaler Shark Fishman, who went by the name of Soga, gave a mighty roar as a volatile red aura surrounded his body. Kicking off the ground the Fishman launched himself towards Niji, the earth beneath broke apart. The towering berserker headed towards Niji swinging the right axe downwards, the blade encased in the same red aura as he. Niji sneered at the incoming Commander and jumped forward, blue electricity crackling around his right knee. The modified human met the axe head on with his knee. The energy around the axe erupted out violently tearing apart the blue electricity sending the blue-haired fighter skidding backwards. Niji's right knee had been dented inwards from the impact. (12)
Laughing Soga channelled the volatile energy around his body, making him glow bright red and shot forward again. The pair of axes swung out at Niji, unleashing a volley of dangerous swings, forcing Niji onto the defensive. Every time Niji attempted to block the red energy would explode, denting his flesh and sending Niji flying backwards. The Bronze Whaler Shark Fishman kept up the pressure, speeding towards Niji, not giving his opponent a chance to retaliate. The right axe was swung and released from the Fishman's grasp, sent flying towards Niji, attached to it was a long chain comprised of red energy.
Niji raised his arms in front of his chest, using them to block the incoming axe as it was moving too fast to avoid. The axe impacted, digging into flesh and the energy exploded in a bright red flash, sending Niji skidding backwards, eyes blinded from the flash. A large fist connected with Niji's face, making a loud metallic noise as the fist impacted, pushing in Niji's nose as knuckle shaped imprints were created. Red energy exploded from the point snapping Niji's head back and driving him into the ground, smoking emitting from the point of impact.
Niji climbed to his feet once more and charged again, not giving in. The Vinsmoke would not lose to some peasant. Niji believed himself to be superior because he was of noble birth, he would not let others look down upon him. Blue electricity crackled around his knee as he jumped up driving it into the Fishman's left shoulder. Electricity coursed through the Fishman's body making him grit his teeth in pain. Red energy radiated from the point of impacted and detonated tearing a chunk out of Niji's knee.
The blue Vinsmoke skidded along the ground, a pained expression on his face as smoke wafted from his destroyed right knee. Ignoring it, Niji charged against; he couldn't let the shame of being damaged go, not until he killed this pesky fish. Electricity surged around Niji's good leg as he moved around to attack the Fishman from behind, looking to drive his knee into the man's back. Red energy erupted from Soga's back detonating before Niji would make contact, blowing him up into the air.
Soga took the advantage and extended a hand, releasing a red chain of volatile energy. The energy chain wrapped around Niji's left ankle, grabbing the chain, Soga pulled, pulling Niji towards him. Raising his right fist, the Fishman slammed it into Niji's face and pummelled him into the ground with a loud bang. Axes swung around Soga's fists connected by energy chains. On impact with the ground, red energy poured out of Soga's fist and detonated exploding violently.
"Your face is strange." Soga examined his hand, as he took a step back clenching and unclenching his hand into a fish. When Soga punched Niji, it felt as if he had hit solid metal as if Niji's face was made of it, and it could ring true especially with the way his face had indented inwards from the blow. The Fishman secretly pondered if Niji was not human but some kind of android or perhaps a cyborg.
Niji struggled to stand, the force of the blow had thrown him off balance, and vision had become blurred, making it hard to focus. Soga took advantage of the situation, energy exploding from beneath his feet, launching his body forward like a rocket, throwing out both axes sending them spinning through the air like buzz saws towards Niji. The two axes impacted into the youth's chest piercing into flesh where they became stuck. Niji cried with pain before a mighty fist coated in red energy slammed into the top of his skull. The top of Niji's head was dented inwards before he was smashed into the ground as the energy exploded out with enough force to knock him out.
Soga grabbed the handles of his two axes; they had pierced close to the shoulders avoiding any vitals. Planting a foot onto Niji's chest, Soga ripped the two blades out before removing a sealing tag and sticking it to Niji's head. In a flash of white Niji vanished moved to a holding cell. Tossing the axes onto his back, Soga began to move, only to come to a halt as a cold voice filled the air.
"Subete O Korosu Waru (The Evil That Kills All)"
"It seems the old spirit has been rekindled." Soga looked onto the battlefield with a sullen gaze.
9th Commander VS Yonji and Amande
"Sorry, yoongsters but yer barnie is wi' thes auld cheil. Prepaur yoorselves. (Sorry youngests, but your fight is with this old man. Prepare yourselves.)" The old man spoke in a heavy accent that made it almost impossible to understand what he was saying. (13) Amande and Yonji shared a glance, not sure how to respond to the man's way of speaking, but they did get the message, thanks to the killer intent thrown at them. The old man would be their opponent, and they wouldn't be able to pass.
The pair of skeleton arms began to shrink returning to normal size as flesh and muscle were regrown. Over the old man's arms was a pair of metal gloves shaped like skeleton fists. Slamming the metal fists together, the old man shot towards them with surprising speed for someone his age. Coming down from above the old man swung down with his arms giving a loud battle cry as the gloves were coated in a layer of Busoshoku Haki. In turn, Amande and Yonji jumped back as the man smashed into the ground, his gloves arms creating craters on impact revealing a high level of physical strength.
"That was Soru (Shave)." Amande caught the distinct Rokushiki (Six Powers) movement technique, Soru or Shave. The old man kicked off the ground again moving with speed and closed in on Yonji. The old man kicked out with his right leg firing a powerful pressed projectile of air. The air projectile hit Yoji in the chest and knocked him up into the air where the old man appeared floating above him, as if unhindered by gravity. The old man's right hand came down as his index finger embedded itself into the green haired youth's chest denting it on impact. The force sent Yonji crashing into the ground with a loud bang.
"Rankyaku (Storm Kick), Shigan (Finger Gun) and Geppou (Moon Walk). All of them are techniques of the Cipher Pol and Marines." Amande was baffled by the display, but as she eyed the man with scrutiny, she had a strange feeling as if she recognised him.
"Who are you." The snakeneck woman pointed the long nodachi in her hands, Shirauo.
"Ah was wonderin' when ye woods ask lassy. Ah, am, Graeham, Commander ay th' Ninth Martial Legion. (I was wondering when you would ask little girl. I am Graeham, Commander of the Ninth Martial Legion) " Responded the old man now revealed to be called Graeham.
Amande's sword quivered as she took a step back, "As in Former Vice-Admiral Graeham, Graeham of the Chijou no Haka (Earthly Grave)."
"Och aye, bin a lang time since I've bin called 'at lassie. (I, been a long time since someone called me that.)" Graeham didn't deny who he was freely admitting to having been a former Vice Admiral for the marines under the moniker Chijou no Haka.
Amande gripped the handle of her nodachi tighter, knuckles turning white as the realisation of this man's identify. Graeham had been part of the marines until twenty-years ago, one with a fearsome reputation. Graeham was known to be incredibly stubborn especially when it came to the ideals of Absolute Justice, as he didn't believe in it at all. Graeham was always fighting to change the views of the other marines. The former Vice-Admiral was said to have always fought on the side of the innocent, going to the lengths of hunting down his fellow Marines if they did wrong. He had personally hunted down some of the world worst offenders among the marines and beat them to death. Graeham had even dared to lay his hands on the Tenryuubito, beating them to an inch of their lives. It was this kind of attitude that forced him into retirement at the hand of World Government and World Nobles without even a penny to his name. The Government disgraced Graeham making the world think he was a senile fool suffering from delusions of grandeur.
Graeham had been forced to live in seclusion, but when he heard the word of Uzu no Kuni, the former Vice-Admiral headed to its shores to find out more. Finding out the virtues the Uzukage followed and his desire to bring peace, Graeham decided to join, eventually becoming the Commander of the Ninth Martial legion.
"You're supposed to be dead. How are you alive?" Amande spoke in an unsettled tone, eyeing the Former Marine. Word around the Grandline said Graeham had perished five years ago at the hands of Mihawk; it seems rumours of his death had been greatly exaggerated.
Amande wasn't sure if she could win against him, Graeham had after all been a part of the same Generation as Whitebeard, Monkey D. Garp, Sengoku and Gol. D Roger. Graeham may never have captured or defeated the Great Pirate King, but the two had clashed on more than one occasion, each win might have been in Roger's favour but not without Graeham pushing the Pirate to his limits.
"Ah, hink we've bin talkin' fur lang enaw. Aam nae paid tae gab but tae barnie (I think we've been talking for long enough. I'm not paid to talk but to fight.)." Graeham snorted in amusement at his two opponents, getting sick of all this back and forth. The former Vice-Admiral's body began to expand, growing tremendously in size, flesh and muscle melted away revealing bone as single eye glowed blood red. A large shadow loomed over as the form of a thirty-foot hulking skeleton stood over the two and the battlefield covered in heavy armour, an eye patch over one eye (14). The skeleton parted its jaw releasing a thick stench of death over the two, giving a loud hollowed roar, raising both arms over its head and brought them down. The arms swung down with enough force they created gale force winds and smashed into the air where Yonji and Amande stood.
The two fighters jumped out of the way as the arms crashed into the ground making the entire battlefield shake, causing enemy soldiers to stumble and fall over. The skeleton raised its head to the sky and gave an unearthly roar as a demonic aura washed out from its body. A skeleton arm swung towards Amande on the left, hitting the blade of her sword creating a shockwave on impact. A powerful gust of wind slammed against Amande's body knocking her back. The other skeleton arm came down on the right, a giant fist battering down onto Yonji. The green haired Vinsmoke attempted to counter, punching up with his right fist only to be smashed into the ground, bending the arm at a wrong angle.
The demonic skeleton twisted its body; right foot swung along the ground carving a trench as it collided with Amande's sword. The woman blocked the incoming foot and was sent skidding backwards as the kick forced her away. Graeham bellowed again and stomped towards Amande with his left foot, bringing it down onto the long nodachi as it was used to block the incoming bone. Bone and metal collided as Graeham pushed down, creating cracks in the earth. A right fist came rocketing through the air, connecting by a cable, that slammed into the right cheekbone of Graeham's skeleton body knocking him off balance. Graeham fell to the left, sticking both hands out to catch him, hitting the earth with a loud thud.
Graeham picked himself up giving a loud bellow as the attacker was Yonji who had twisted his bent arm back into place. The assassin charged towards Graeham without a word and jumped into the air, punching down with his right hand. The fist collided with the middle of Graeham's skeleton forehead cracking the bone on impact and knocked him into the ground. Graeham didn't seem to be affected as he just bellowed again and brought his right hand down, smashing Yonji into the ground with a palm of his hand, creating an indent on impact. Graeham raised both arms above his head, locking hands together and brought them down towards, slamming them on top of Yonji. The ground broke apart from the impact, collapsing inwards as the blow connected.
Lifting both arms, Graeham inspected the crater formed, finding Yonji lying their unconscious to the world, legs and arms bent at the wrong angle. A giant hand came down to collect Yonji up only for a sword to swing into its path deflecting the handoff to the right. Graeham's a single red eye locked onto Amande as she stood over Yonji, sword raised in a defensive stance. Giving a loud bellow, Graeham went to strike her only to stop as a cold voice echoed on the wind.
"Subete O Korosu Waru (The Evil That Kills All)." Blurs crossed the battlefield as enemy blood spilt everywhere and the ground froze. The action drew Amande's attention to Judge, immediately she ran over abandoning Yonji.
Graeham's eye glowered before his body shrank returning to his human form. Approaching the abandoned Yonji, the old marine removed a seal tag and slapped it onto Yonji's forehead. In a flash of white, the last sibling of the Vinsmoke family disappeared to a jail cell. A tired old eye watched as an ice stained blood red began to cover the battlefield, and a deep chill permeated his body.
"Thes is definitely Kenshiro's daein', 'at loon certainly gi'es these auld anes th' chills. (This is definitely Kenshiro's doing, that boy certainly gives these old bones the chills.)" Graeham turned towards the hill and kicked off the ground moving at high speeds towards the main battlefield.
Judge VS Kenshiro
Across the other side of the battlefield, Kenshiro swung his long nodachi clashing blades with Judge as the two flashed across the terrain clashing multiple times. With every swing of the evil nodachi, a cold aura would sweep through the air filling Judge's bones with a deep chill. The King didn't know what it was but every time he met the sword head on; a deep chill would seep into his bones. Stepping back, Judge kept his spear raised, inspecting the enemy commander who stood ten metres away in a fighting stance, sword raised at a point.
"That sword…" Judge got a weird vibe from the nodachi, there was something off about it, and for some strange reason, he had the feeling he had seen the sword before.
Kenshiro teleported forward, vanishing from sight appearing in front of Judge swinging the nodachi downwards. Judge glowered raising the spear upwards to block the incoming sword. Judge jumped up into the air, using the power of his raid suits boots to hover in mid-air. Using the hover ability, Judge began to move around Kenshiro, using the air to his advantage to attack from above, thrusting the long spear downwards. A cold aura radiated from the long nodachi as, Kenshiro swung it upwards meeting the spear head on, a shockwave erupted on impact breaking the ground beneath the swordsman. Judge sped up, using the great speed offered by the raid suit to dart around, Kenshiro, attacking him from behind. The spear cut through mid-air as Kenshiro teleported ten metres away.
The spear struck the ground, burying into the earth, before, Kenshiro teleported back in front of Judge, swinging the long nodachi at an angle. The nodachi hit the pole of the spear with enough force behind it that, Judge lost his grip and the spear was launched through the air where it impaled the ground ten metres away. An aura of bloodlust erupted from the sword as it swung towards Judge, cutting through the raid suit with ease, a cold chill released from the blade, freezing over the cut material. The chill ran deep into Judge's body, forcing him to retreat, blood trickling to the ground. The sword had not only cut through the raid suit with ease but flesh, blood coated its edge. Judge's eyes widened as the blood seemed to be absorbed into the blade before a dark, cold mist seeped out from the confines of the steel. The dark mist began to surround Kenshiro taking the appearance of a laughing demon.
"How? That's impossible; nothing can cut my raid suit!" Judge had full confidence in the raid suit he wore; it was the peak of the Germ Kingdom's advanced military technology. To be able to cut the suit and mark his flesh meant that sword was no ordinary blade but had to be special.
Kenshiro began to reveal a sinister smile as an evil aura began to release from his body, seeming to come from the sword. The laughing demon released a powerful bloodlust that radiated around the swordsman and sword making it impossible to distinguish between the two as if they had become one. Black markings similar to the swords began to appear along Kenshiro's neck,
"Juuchi Yosamu (10,000 Cold Nights)." Is all Kenshiro said but the moment he revealed the name of the sword, causing Judge's eyes to widen in horror.
"I...Impossible! That sword was said to have been lost with the death of its previous wielder!" The Juuchi Yosamu was one of the twelve Saijō Ō Wazamono (Supreme Grade Swords) but was said to be incredibly evil.
The sword was crafted by the legendary swordsmith Muramasa in a contest against Masamune. Legend said Muramasa forged the blade using the blood of his enemies, filling it with evil thoughts as he manipulated the metal, injecting his malicious intent into the metal. It is said once forged Muramasa suspended the blade in a small creek with the cutting edge facing the current. Muramasa's sword cut everything that passed its way; fish leaves floating down the river, the very air which blew on it. A monk who had been watching explained what he had seen; the sword Muramasa forged was a bloodthirsty, evil blade, as it does not discriminate as to who or what it will cut. It may just as well be cutting down butterflies as if severing heads. The sword was said to be so evil that anyone killed by the blade would never leave for a peaceful afterlife, their soul forever contained within the confines of the steel.
However, the sword was said to have been lost over fifteen years ago.
It was said the previous wielder of the Juuchi Yosamu was a powerful samurai from Wano Country who had served as a retainer to the former Daimyo, Kozuki Oden. The wielder was known throughout the world as Aku no Kenshi (The Evil Swordsman) and Waru no Chikai Otoko (The Man Closest to Evil). The name had been given to the samurai as he was said to kill without distinction, slaying everyone in his path friend or foe without a shred of mercy that was until he became a retainer under Daimyo, Kozuki Oden. Legend said the swordsman had once crossed blades with Dracule Mihawk and lived to tell the tale. Rumour was that the swordsman had been present at the battle of the Kozuki Family and the Beast Pirates, however, it was thought he had been killed during a confrontation with Kaido himself.
"It couldn't be….but are you, Aku no Kenshi?" Judge took a step back, gulping as sweat dripped down the back of his forehead, hands tightened around the spear he held.
Kenshiro released a low sigh, his breath chilled and visible, "It's been fifteen years since I was last called that. Those were different days." The swordsman tightened his grip on the meito (named sword) in his hand; an evil chill was released from the sword followed by the vengeful cry of those whose lives had been taken by the cold steel. Strange green wisps began to seep out of the blade floating out into the air as the temperature began to drop.
Judge retreated, moving over to his spear, collecting the weapon with shaking hands, but was unwilling to back down, if he did there was a chance Linlin would kill him for cowardice. Electricity sparked around the spear and Judge's hand as he jumped up into the air, hovering with the aid of his boots. The King raced towards Kenshiro attacking from the air thrusting the spear out attempting to blast Kenshiro away. The swordsman glowered and swung the nodachi into the path of the spear, coating it in Busoshoku Haki, allowing it to absorb the impact. The ground shook under the collision of the two, Judge with the aid of his boots brought his left leg up, and kicking towards Kenshiro's left side, the jet at the back of the boot activated to make the foot accelerate increasing the power behind the kick. The kick hit nothing but air Kenshiro as he teleported five metres behind Judge.
Kenshiro kicked off the ground teleporting back to Judge, closing back in swinging the sword downwards from behind; a deep unearthly chill filled the air that made Judge shake with fear. The cold was like nothing Judge had ever faced, and he didn't know how to explain it. The sword hummed with an ethereal green aura as it came downwards, unearthly howls filled Judge's ears as he turned to face the incoming blade. Memories of those the King had killed flashed before his eyes, blocking off the view of the soul seeking blade. Judge was frozen in place, coming back to his senses as the sword cut through the memory of him killing the Kings of the North Blue. Reacting on instinct the spear was raised to block the incoming nodachi.
The nodachi hummed releasing its evil aura and seemed to cut through the spear like rice paper; the top hit the ground with a loud clang. Judge's eyes widened in horror, using the jets of his boots to retreat, barely avoiding the evil sword as it cut through his raid suit once more drawing blood, crossing down over the previous mark. Blood sprayed out into the air as Judge clutched the wound gritting his teeth in pain, in his right hand the other half of his spear.
"Impossible. I won't be beaten, especially not by some lowly commoner; I am a King!" Judge glowered at the swordsman who didn't appear phased by the man's actions; Kenshiro only seemed to give a long sigh of annoyance.
"I suppose, I should bring this to a close." Kenshiro gripped the nodachi with both hands and looked over his shoulder. The swordsman immediately teleported to a distance of ten metres from Judge and raised the blade in front of him. The cold aura the sword released grew intensely as the ground beneath Kenshiro froze over. The ice was strange as it had an eerie green tint to it, with horrifying faces of the dead appearing in its reflection. Kenshiro's violet eyes began to glow a deep shade of red as a sinister aura released from his body. The band that kept Kenshiro's hair bound broke as long black locks swayed in the demonic gale summoned by the evil sword. Kenshiro's usual calm and stoic appearance turned evil as he revealed a twisted smile.
"Subete O Korosu Waru (The Evil That Kills All)." The words were but a whisper as Kenshiro spoke them slowly, but the words echoed on the wind travelling across the entire battlefield. The words were cold and drew everyone's attention as the small-scale fights came to a temporary end. A cold chill permeated through the air, flowing from the evil sword as Kenshiro raised it above his head holding it with both hands, the edge pointed upwards. The swordsman then disappeared, teleporting away, only to appear behind Judge, before vanishing moments later flashing across the battlefield as a silver blur, appearing behind the Germa 66 bazooka soldiers. The hellish screams of those long since departed filled the air with ghostly whispers.
The evil aura around Kenshiro began to disappear as the nodachi was sheathed with a loud click; the whispers vanished as quickly as they appeared. The moment the sword was sheathed a wave of cold air shot out from Kenshiro's body as blood covered the sky. Soldiers began to drop, their bodies bisected at the waist, as the two halves froze over. Everywhere the blood touched froze over on contact creating a frozen wasteland. The ice was stained blood red.
Judge's eyes rolled into the back off his head as multiple slashes appeared all over his body, blood spraying out into the air. The King of the Germa Kingdom fell forward collapsing onto the ground, blood pooling out beneath him only to freeze over, as an unearthly frost covered his body.
Amande rushed over to Judge, unhindered by Graeham who let her pass, landing at Judge's side, she ignored the cold and began to check to see if he was dead. Amande didn't care if he was or not, but if he did die, they would lose control over the Germa Kingdom's Soldiers. Rolling him over, she was mildly relieved to see his chest still rise; Judge was still alive if barely. The raid suit had managed to absorb the damage, preventing the sword from killing him with its swing.
Multiple white flashes suddenly appeared across the battlefield, over a hundred Shinobi wearing Chunin vests and Anbu uniforms made their appearance. At the front of shinobi, unit was Yamato, Houjin and Suzuka ready for battle. Amongst the crowd of Shinobi was Suzuka's Anbu team, Odin, Shiina, Shirone, Miyuki, Mariko, Dean and the new students taken under the wings of the other Bijuu.
"All Martial Legions are to focus on the Germa 66 and Big Mom Army! Leave the executives to us!" Yamato shouted out loudly to the forces of the Martial Legions issuing his command.
1) Technique most Earth Release Shinobi Learn and when used in collaboration with other Shinobi can be used to produce a larger wall.
2) Hastily taught for the upcoming war and uses the chakra of Son Goku to help cover a wider area
3) Shotgun used by the 1st Division of the Fourth Legion is a Remington Model 1100 12 Gauge Shotgun
4) Each round has a small explosion seal added beforehand and designed to detonate on impact. Each explosion is the size of a toddlers fist.
5) 4th Division Fifth legion use the M1918 BAR
6) 9th Division of the Fifth Legion carry Mosin–Nagant M91/30 with a scope.
7) Instead of 10 Divisions of 600, the Divisions lined up with each other temporarily creating 5 Divisions of 1,200.
8) Each member of the First Legion carries an FN Fal early 1946 model
9) Tonbokiri (Dragonfly Slaying Spear): One of three legendary spears created by the famed swordsmith Fujiwara no Masazane. The spear derives its name from the myth that a dragonfly landed on its blade and was instantly cut in two.
10) A repeating crossbow, if you have ever watched Van Hellsing, it looks a lot like that.
11) The sound a rabbit makes in Japan. Pyon Pyon. Modified into a unique laugh.
12) Tabun Tabun no mi (Might-Might Fruit): A devil fruit that allows the user to generate and manipulate volatile red energy for a multitude of purposes.
13) Graeham speaks with a heavy Scottish accent
14) Yokai Yokai no mi: Moderu: Gashadokuro (Demon-Demon Fruit: Model: Starving Skeleton): A Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit that allows the user to transform parts or their entire body into the Gashadokuro a giant mythical yokai of legend said to be created from the amassed bones of people who died of starvation or in battle, without being buried. This Yōkai is said to roam after midnight, grabbing lone travellers and biting off their heads to drink their spraying blood.
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